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The Three Old Hags Ruin My Life

Percy P.O.V

For the rest of the school year, the entire student body seemed to be playing some kind of trick on me. Everyone acted as if Mrs. Kerr- a perky blonde woman- had been our pre-algebra teacher since the winter holidays. I would have believed everyone, if not for Alejandro taking my side as well. There was no way we both imagined the same thing, with the same exact details, at the same time, so we knew something was up.

Anyways the freak weather continued, which did not improve my mood. Just a few days ago, the biggest tornado ever spotted in the Hudson Valley was only fifty miles from Yancy Academy. One of our current events in social studies was the large number of small planes mysteriously crashing in the Atlantic this year.

I started to get cranky due to the lack of sleep I was getting. I was getting into fights, my grades were slipping, and I insulted one of our teachers. If it wasn't for Alejandro saving my butt, I probably would have been expelled right then and there, but instead my mom got a letter saying I wouldn't be welcome next year.

That was fine, I was homesick anyways. I missed my mom and I wanted to be back in my apartment, even if I had to put up with my terrible stepfather and his obnoxious friends. But I would miss Grover and Alejandro, I didn't want to leave them, they are my friends, and friends don't abandon each other no matter what.

I'd miss Latin class too, Mr. Brunner's crazy tournaments and his faith that I could do well. As exam week got closer, Latin was the only class I studied for. I hadn't forgotten what Brunner told me about this subject being life-and-death for me. I wasn't sure why but I'd stated to believe him.

As I was studying for his test, I got so frustrated that I threw our reference book across the room. The words were swirling around the page, never letting me fully read them. There was no way I was going to remember the difference between Chiron and Charon, or Kronos and Chronos. And conjugating those Latin verbs? Forget it. I remembered that Alejandro was pretty good at Latin so I went walking over to his room to see if he could give me some pointers. His room was pretty close to the faculty office, cause all the other rooms were taken, or something like that.

As I got closer to Alejandro's room I heard some voices talking in one of the offices. I could have sworn I heard Grover and Mr. Brunner talking, so I just had to hear what they were saying. I'm not usually an eavesdropper, but I dare you to not listen when your best friend is talking about you to some adult.

"I don't think Percy should be alone this summer," Grover was saying. "I mean a Kindly One in the school! Now that we know for sure, and they know too..."

"We would only make matters worse by rushing him, we need him to mature more."

"But he may not have time, the summer solstice deadline..."

"Will have to be resolved without him, Grover let him enjoy his ignorance. The mist will make him believe it was just his imagination.

"Sir what about Alejandro?"

"He did see past the Mist, and was skilled with the sword, he may also be one."

"I knew it... Sir, I can't fail in my duties again." Grover's voice chocked with emotion. "You know what that would mean."

"You will not fail, Grover, I should have seen her for what she was. Now let's just worry about keeping those two alive until next fall-"

The book I was holding fell out of my hands and hit he floor with a thud. Mr. Brunner went silent. My heart pounding out of my chest, I picked up the book and ran into the nearest room. A few seconds later I heard a slow clop-clop-clop, like muffled wood blocks, then a sound like an animal snuffling right outside the door. Somewhere in the hallway, Mr. Brunner spoke.

"Nothing" he murmured. "My nerves haven't been right since the winter solstice."

"Mine neither. But I could have sworn..."

"Go back to the dorm, you have a long day of exams tomorrow."

"Don't remind me."

I waited in the dark crouched in the corner until the lights suddenly came on in the room. I turned around and immediately blushed furiously at what I saw. It was Alejandro just coming from the showers I believe. He was shirtless and was putting his towel up. I looked at his glistening skin and for some reason I just wanted him to hold me in his arms...I mean no, he's just my friend. My extremely hot friend... No bad Percy!

"Umm amigo, what are you doing in my room?"

I must have went into his room when I was hiding from Brunner.

"Uh I'm sorry dude, its just that I needed help with my..."

Oh come on Percy think of a believable lie.

"Latin studies."

"Amigo you are a terrible liar, what really happened?"

Dang he figured me out that quickly.

"Fine, but I don't think you would believe me."

"Try me."

So I told him what happened before I went into his room.

"That sounds really suspicious, and what's this about the summer solstice?

"I have no idea, and those clops, they didn't sound like any noise you would normally hear here."

"True, but there's no reason to dwell on it now, plus I really need my beauty sleep.'

"Well alright I guess, wait beauty sleep?"

"Yes I think everyone wants to be refreshed when they wake up, or do you prefer living the life of a vampire?"

"Well can you at least help me study for the Latin test?"

"Sure amigo, let me just put on a shirt."

I noticed again for the second time that he was shirtless and I started blushing. Good thing he was turned around so he didn't see.

"Alright let's get started." Alejandro said enthusiastically.

So the night went on until Alejandro fell asleep, so I left because I didn't want to wake him back up. (and me not wanting to be a creep and watch him sleep.)

I made my way back to the dorm. Grover was lying on his bed, studying his Latin exam notes like he'd been there all night.

"Hey," he said, bleary-eyed." You going to be ready for the test?"

I didn't answer.

"You look awful, is everything okay?"

"I'm just tired."

I turned so he couldn't read my expression, and I started getting ready for bed. I didn't understand what I'd heard downstairs. I wanted to believe I imagined the whole thing. But one thing was clear: Grover and Mr. Brunner were talking about me behind my back. They thought I was in some kind of danger.

The next afternoon, as I was leaving the exam room, Mr. Brunner called me back inside. For a moment, I was worried he found out about me eavesdropping the night before, but that didn't seem to be the problem.

"Percy, don't be discouraged about leaving Yancy. It's for the best..."

His tone seemed kind but the words he said proved otherwise, and even though he was speaking quietly, I knew the other kids heard what he had said. Alejandro tried to get them to shut up, but a few snickers could be heard.

"Okay sir." I mumbled.

"I mean..." Mr. Brunner wheeled his chair back and forth like he wasn't sure what to say. "This isn't the right place for you. It was only a matter of time."

I was actually starting to cry, but i held back the tears. Here was my favorite teacher in front of the entire class, telling me that I could not handle it. After saying he believed in me all year, now he was telling me I was not able to stay here for long.

"Right," I said, my voice quivering.

"No, no... Oh confound it all. What I'm trying to say is that you aren't normal Percy. That's nothing to be-"

"Thanks," I said bitterly. "Thanks a lot sir, for reminding me."

"Percy-"

But it was too late, I had already ran out of the class and straight into Alejandro.

Alejandro P.O.V

I was just walking to go get some water, when Percy had crashed into me crying.

As we got up he tried to run away but i managed to stop him.

"What happened amigo?"

"Nothing, Mr. Brunner basically told me that he knew I couldn't handle it and it was only a matter of time before I was kicked out."

"What!? Mr. Brunner told you that?"

Percy just nodded his head in conformation.

"Percy..." I gave him a hug. He stiffened up at first but then he went along with it.

"I'm sure he didn't mean it in that way, you know how he is. He's out of touch with saying emotional stuff, and doesn't really know how to explain himself clearly with that kind of stuff."

He stopped crying and looked up at me. I started to get lost in his sea green eyes, and before I knew it, he was thanking me for helping him out.

"No thanks are needed amigo, what are friends for?" As I said this I sorta cringed when I said friends. Sure we are friends but it feels like we should be more... maybe?

Percy P.O.V

On the last day of term, I shoved my clothes into my suitcase. The other guys were joking around,talking about their vacation plans. One of them was going to a island in the Caribbeans, and another was going to Switzerland to study abroad. Sure they were juvenile delinquents, but they were rich juvenile delinquents. Their daddies were CEO's, celebrities or ambassadors. I was a nobody, from a family of nobodies.

Alejandro had walked into the common area were we where at and walked up to me.

"Hey Percy, what are your plans for the summer?"

"I'm just going to head back to the city, what about you?

"Me? Oh nothing really, maybe just some sightseeing cause I haven't really seen much of the city, maybe you could be my tour guide?"

"Sure, I'd love to show you around."

"Great, well I'll see you around, I still have to pack."

And on that note Alejandro left.

I was dreading saying goodbye to Grover, but as it turns out he and Alejandro were getting on the same Greyhound as me, so there we were, chatting about how cool the new movie in the Vampire Heights trilogy was going to be, when I couldn't take it anymore and asked Grover about what I had heard.

"What are the Kindly Ones?"

Grover nearly jumped out of his seat and Alejandro just laughed at him.

"Wha-what do you mean?"

I confessed about eavesdropping on that night and Alejandro told him that I told him about it.

"Look Percy... I was just worried about you both see? I mean, hallucinating about demon math teachers and I was just telling Mr. Brunner that maybe you were over-stressed or something, because there was no such person as Mrs. Dodds, and..."
"Grover you are a really bad liar." Alejandro interrupted.

His ears turned pink.

"Look guys the truth is, is that I have to protect you both."

I couldn't hold back a snort. I mean come on Grover, the wimpy guy who me or Alejandro would have to save almost everyday, was protecting us?

"Grover, what exactly are you protecting us from?

There was a huge grinding noise under our feet. Black smoke poured from the dashboard and the whole bus filled with a smell like rotten eggs. After a few minutes of clanking around, the driver stopped the bus and announced that we would have to get off.

We were stuck on some old country road, no place you would notice while driving. On the other side of the road was a fruit stand with heaping boxes of blood-red cherries and apples, walnuts,and apricots, jugs of cider in a claw foot tub full of ice. No customers to be seen and the only people by the stand were three old ladies, knitting the biggest pair of socks I've seen.

"Dios mío." I hear Alejandro mutter.

These socks were the size of sweaters, but they were socks for sure. The lady on the right knitted on, while the one on the left knitted another, and the one in the middle held the yarn.

The weirdest thing was that they were looking right at me. I looked at Grover to see if he saw this, but he was pale and it looked like the blood had drained from his face. His nose was twitching.

"Grover? Hey man-"

"Tell me they aren't looking at you. They are aren't they?"

"Yeah weird right, you think those socks would fit me?"

"Not funny Percy. Not funny at all."

The old one in the middle took out a huge pair of scissors- gold and silver, long-bladed, like shears. I heard Grover catch his breath.

"We're getting back on the bus. Come on."

"What?" Alejandro said.

"it's like a thousand degrees in there." I complained.

"Come on!" He pried open the door and climbed inside with Alejandro, while I stayed back.

Across the road, the old ladies were still watching me. The middle one cut the yarn and I swear I could hear that snip across four lanes of traffic. At the rear of the bus, the driver wrenched a big chunk of smoking metal out of the engine compartment. The bus shuddered, and the engine roared back to life

The passengers cheered.

"Darn right. Everyone back on board!" yelled the driver.

Once we got going, I started feeling feverish, as if I'd caught the flu. Grover and Alejandro didn't look much better. They were paling and Grover was shivering and his teeth were chattering.

"Grover?"

"Yeah?"
"They're not like Mrs. Dodds, are they?

"Just tell me what you saw."

"The middle one took out her scissors, and she cut the yarn."

Grover made a gesture with his fingers that might have been crossing himself, but it wasn't. It seemed much older than that.

"You saw her snip the cord."

"Yeah,so?" But even as I said it I knew this was a big deal.

'"This is not happening, I don't want this to be like last time."

"What happened last time?" Alejandro asked.

"Always sixth grade, they never get past sixth."

"G-Man, what are you talking about?" Alejandro asked again.

Grover was really starting to scare me and it looked like it was scaring Alejandro too.

"Let me walk you home from the bus station, you too me"

"Is this like a superstition or something?

No answer.

"Grover," Alejandro started to say, "Does the snipping of the yarn mean someone is going to die?"
Grover looked at me mournfully, like he was already picking the kind of flowers I'd like best on my coffin.

Whew done with the second chapter. Yeah I know it seems really similar to the book but don't worry, I'm going to spice it up all good and fresh-like. So yeah please review and tell me what I can do to better this story and make it great. :D I'm counting on y'all.